To all the pubs we’ve loved before – Three Goats Heads
Week 7 – for the normal student, we are approaching the end of term, for the less normal; it is hack week on St...
To all the pubs we’ve loved before: The House
For the classier among us, sometimes pubs and pints aren’t always what you’re looking for. This week, we decided to escape witness protection (it’s...
Uncorny traditionalism at Il Corno
Il Corno stands out from the average sit-in Covered Market restaurant. Its crimson walls contrast from the beiges and blues of the surrounding stalls...
The man of the moment: Review of Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin
"Baldwin does his best to humanise Starmer and to deflate the view of him as “Mr Boring”."
Mature and Intelligent: Julius Caesar at the TS Eliot Review
"From start to finish, it was a show filled with excellent performances from leading cast members."
A New Yorker Reviews Oxford Shake Shack
Shake Shack is more than a fast food restaurant to me. I’d go there on half days with friends or eat and talk for...
A modern way of doing Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard Review
"If the look of the production is traditional, then Esme Buzzard’s translation is distinctly fresh."
Daddy Longlegs: a Big Step Up for Student Production
"Daddy Longlegs went above and beyond the standard I’ve come to expect of student productions in my time at Oxford."
Gawain and the Green Knight – Review
"Gawain and the Green Knight was a play I was eager to see."
Five Songs for the Fifth Week Blues
"I believe that music makes a lot of things in life better. Fifth week at Oxford is no exception."
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe (Sathnam Sanghera, 2024): Review
Without confronting the wrongs of the past, the wrongs of the present will go on unabated.
To all the pubs we’ve loved before: Crown Vs. Turf
Today we are putting two classic favourites, the Crown and Turf Tavern, head-to-head. Turf is arguably the most famous pub in Oxford. It was...
Review of Tennant as Macbeth: An Auditory Experience
"Last week I took a trip to London to see the new production of Macbeth starring David Tennant at Donmar Warehouse."
Flapping wings: taking the chicken scene by storm
There are two KFCs in central Oxford – one on Cowley Road and the other on Cornmarket – and until a few years ago...